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Being a bully and being bullied are both associated with problems (e.g., mental health concerns, violence) among youth.

Adolescent children of Service members can experience significant stress and emotional difficulties during parent deployment; however, mental health care utilization rates are low.

Post-deployed fathers' who served in the National Guard and Reserves, involvement and effective parenting were examined. Pre-intervention data were used from fathers participating in the After Deployment, Adaptive Parenting Tools (ADAPT) randomized control trial.

Military youth attending public schools often possess many risk factors also associated with gang membership, including home and school upheaval and alienation from peers.

An investigation of treatment-seeking Veterans' and the associations between perceived social reactions to their trauma-related experiences and their mental health diagnosis was conducted.

Among the relatively understudied military-dependent youth population the prevalence of sexual behaviors and the association between these behaviors and unique military stressors such as parental deployment and multiple relocations were analyzed.

Avoidance of painful emotions can have negative impacts on romantic relationships. To better understand the potential impact, military couples' reports of avoidance of painful negative emotions, aggression, and relationship adjustment were examined.

Despite the stresses military life may cause for families, many military couples are very resilient.

Negative childhood experiences may be related to long-term, negative consequences in adulthood. Results from this study found that there are specific types of families who may be vulnerable to experiencing negative consequences as a result of adverse childhood experiences.

Children and adolescents' empathy and prosocial behaviors are important for their social competency. To explore these variables, adolescents completed questionnaires regarding parent behaviors, parent-child relationships, and their own prosocial behaviors.